Thursday, September 29, 2016

Hi everyone! Barbara here today on the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts blog with a couple of retro style cards for you. These cards can be used for any occasion, especially if the recipient is into vintage or retro styles.

Milk Can Card:

This is what the chipboard looks like. I left the bits from the detail cuts in the milk can.

Paint milk can with black gesso and sprinkle salt over it while still wet. Let dry.

Rub salt off of milk can and paint a light coat of Vivid True Silver, allowing some of the black to show through. The salt left a cool texture on the can.

Use a silvery dimensional paint (steel) and make 3D lines where the detail cuts were made in the can. Set aside to dry.

Adhere red print paper to card front. Glue retro circles to card front, and use punch out piece of unfinished chipboard from inside one of the retro circles, adhere to card, as shown. This will help give a level area for adhering the TV in a later step.

Adhere retro tv to card front, as shown. This is why that extra piece of chipboard was necessary, to help stabilize the tv when adhered to the front. Add stickers "ridiculously good" to front, as shown in finished photo above.

Thursday, September 22, 2016

I started with a 6"x8" canvas panel and adhered a section of the Chainlink to it, as shown.

Paint canvas and Chainlink with white gesso. While I had the gesso out, I went ahead and painted the Bird in Ivy and one of the Flourishes 2 as well. The gesso not only seals the chipboard but also gives it a nice, white base to add your colors.

Mist background with Tuscan Sun.

Mist background with Blackberry Cordial. If the color is too dark in spots, dab excess with a paper towel.

At this point, I decided to add a few more leaves, so I chose my favorite, Fern Fronds. To prepare them for color, I once again painted them with white gesso. When that dried, I colored them with golden jade H20s and let that dry. Next, I used a damp baby wipe to pick up hot cinnamon H20s and dab it over the leaves for this mottled effect.

Adhere fern fronds to canvas, as shown.

Add beaded spray and flowers, as shown. Lastly, add a bit of glitter glue to the flower petals for an extra bit of sparkle.

Hey all! Are you thinking about Fall yet? I sure am, which brings me to my mixed media canvas today. Of course, I am going to be adding color with my Craftwell eBrush. So let's get started.

I cut a piece of corrugated cardboard to 11" x 8-1/2". Then, I tore some of the top layer off, exposing the corrugations in some areas. Next, I added some strips of flower printed fabric tape and gave the entire background a rough textured coat of Teresa Collins' modeling paste. Let this dry thoroughly.

Adhere to canvas, as shown. Let dry. I also die cut and embossed some leaves from thin chipboard and arranged the on the canvas. It is a good idea to do this to get an idea of where you are going with your piece, although it can change.

Now the fun begins. eBrush the first layer with BG15 Aqua, concentrating on the edges and corrugations.

Next layer is eBrushed with R85 Rose Red.

I wanted to warm the background a bit so I eBrushed Y21 Buttercup Yellow over the background, concentrating on the center of the piece.

The yellow leaf was eBrushed with YR23 Yellow Ochre, then E74 Cocoa Brown around the edges.

The two large orange leaves were first eBrushed with YR 23 Yellow Ochre, then YR68 Orange was eBrushed around the edges. A light coat of E74 Cocoa Brown was added over it to tone it all down.

The wider small red leaf was first eBrushed with YR23 Yellow Ochre, then R29 Lipstick Red was eBrushed around the edges, and a light coat of E74 Cocoa Brown was added over all to tone it all down.

The last reddish green leaf was first eBrushed with YR23 Yellow Ochre, then R29 Lipstick Red was eBrushed in the center. Next, the edges were eBrushed with the G09 Veronese Green, and a light coat of E74 Cocoa Brown was added over all to tone it all down. All leaf stems were also eBrushed with the Cocoa Brown.

I found these puffy plastic letters to spell "fall" in my stash, so I eBrushed them with the E74 Cocoa Brown. It would have been impossible to color them straight from the marker because each brush stroke of the marker removed what I put down. So the eBrush is super fantastic for this sort of technique. (Tip: They are stickers, so you want to place them on your craft mat before eBrushing them so that you can remove them.)

Since I had already adhered my "FOREVER" word to my canvas, I used post it notes to protect the area around it from overspray and eBrushed it with the E74 Cocoa Brown.

I removed the post it notes and outlined the letters with a brown Micron pen to add depth.

I used a die cut piece of card stock as a stencil and eBrushed the E74 Cocoa Brown through it in random spots.

I used brown distress ink and a blending tool to edge all of the leaves, as well as the edges of the canvas. I just really like the look.